[pksage]

Part of the 12 Days of Customs will be introducing yourself to the community. It’s your time to shine! In the post that reveals your song, we’d like a little bio about yourself, your Rock Band community involvement, how you author customs, stuff like that.

 

I’m not going to provide a template; just give me one to three paragraphs about yourself. That’s all! Here’s some talking points to consider:

• What genres of music do you like?
• What custom-content stuff did you do before C3, if any?
• Were you involved with RBN?
• What Rock Band instrument(s) are your favorite or least favorite to play?
• …or to author?
• Any quirks about your authoring process?
• Any personal Rock Band stories?
• Who do you play Rock Band with?
• What was your favorite official DLC?
• What’s your overall authoring philosophy? Does it differ from other C3 members?

…you get the idea. Please have this ready by the day before your post will go live. I reserve the right to make fun of you in the post if you don’t write one!

 

Post blurbs as replies to this thread, or PM me if you want it to be a secret before the day of your reveal.

[Gigakoops]

As the presenter of today’s announced track, I feel it’s best that I let you guys get to know me a little bit. I am a fan of progressive rock, metal, and any experimental music, as well as electronic. So far I’ve released a few metalcore songs from Enter Shikari and iwrestledabearonce, as well as a few other songs in different genres, ranging from “Monster Mash” to “Bagger 288!” to name a few. Prior to C3, I worked both solo and with other authors in the RBN. I worked on the venue and practice sections on a few songs from TAG, including “Impulse” by An Endless Sporadic and the ridiculously titled “Let the Blood Spill Between My Broken Teeth” by Benighted, as well as the bass chart to “I Like Trains” by Lil’ Deuce Deuce I’ve also released a few songs I wrote myself, though back then my music seemed to be focused less on actually sounding decent and more on cramming as many notes in a measure as possible.

 

When I author songs, my favorite part would have to be guitar/bass, since those are the instruments I tend to play the most on Rock Band, and therefore have the most connection with. My least favorite would have to be the drums, simply because for me it’s too easy to mistake so many different sounds for something they are not. My overall personal policy for authoring is that realism in terms of notes matching up being the most important part, but the charts should also be as fun as they can be.

 

My personal favorite songs on Rock Band would have to be the overly-long epics, namely “2112” by Rush and “Veil of Illumination” by Andromeda. There’s just something to jamming out to a lengthy prog epic on Rock Band, especially if said songs are a fun challenge (at least it’s fun on guitar. Veil of Illumination Pt. 2 on keys would probably not be most people’s definition of “fun”). I tend to play with Xbox Live friends and fellow C3 authors whenever they’re up for it, and I also take my game to social outings among friends.

 

Thanks for letting me take the time to introduce myself a little better. Look forward to a lot of stuff from me in 2014, including some very well-known songs and even more stuff as obscure as Unicron (there’s people who enjoy the obscure shit, right? RIGHT?!).

[Nightmare Lyra]

Tell me if this sounds too pretentious and I will rewrite it if it does:

 

Well here we are at my track, I am not very good with speeches or introductions but I will try my best. I am a musician who started my entire musical “career” thanks to rhythm gaming. The first rhythm game I ever got into was Guitar Hero 2 on PS2, a game that helped expose me to a world of new music but also the joys of playing a instrument. I started wanting to play guitar, though the real deal didn’t seem to fit me as well as the fake plastic variant, but still GH helped me understand rhythm and song construction better and once I tried the drums for Rock Band when it was released I knew this was something I really wanted to keep doing, to the point where I bought myself a acoustic set and have played in a pile of different bands in different styles.

 

Due to my interest in rhythm gaming I started working on customs pretty early when I found Frets on Fire for the first time, and since then I have basically charted non-stop, learning myself about musical theory, composing, layering, pretty much everything about music through the charting process. Rock Band have basically meant the world to me, and I joined Freen In Green Authoring after a while so I could help develop cool content for the game I love. When the DLC flow stopped, it was like a part of me had died, and I am very happy C3 came along to give me motivation to keep charting and by that continuing learning about the complex thing that is music.

 

Even if I might appear to only be a Metal fan from my image, truth is I love music in general and I feel that the most important part is not the genre or anything like that, but rather the emotion the musicians manage to convey, which is why all my own made music mixes and blends genres a lot, and I basically do whatever I please musically as long as I feel I can convey a strong emotion through it. In between the Metal, I listen to a lot of Prog, Punk, House/Electronic, Chiptune, Orchestral and really whatever I come across that makes me feel something, and therefor I picked “Closing Time” as my pick for the pack as it’s one of the most emotional and epic sounding Alternative Rock songs I have ever heard in my entire life. Even when listening to Weird Al’s Polka novelty cover of this song it sends shivers down my spine. So I hope you will all enjoy this finale to our advent calendar, and that you all have a great holiday season with a lot of fun times with all of our charts.

[drummerockband]

Hey guys, I’m the one they call drummerockband, but you may also call me Brendan. The track I have brought you today is from my favorite band Tegan and Sara (I still haven’t seen them live. COME NEAR MY TOWN AT LEAST YOU QUIN SISTERS!). Their new album “Heartthrob” was released in January of this (soon to be last) year. After listening to it multiple times, I fell in love with it. It is my favorite album of 2013. So that’s why I’ve brought their radio hit “Closer”. Now that I got that out of the way, I’d like you to get to know me a bit.

 

I started to play rhythm games when the first Guitar Hero game came out. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. I’ve loved rhythm games ever since. When I found out about RBN, my first thought was “I NEED XNA RIGHT NOW SO I CAN PLAY SONGS I CHARTED!” My first ever chart “Barbie Girl” by Aqua was the result (you can find it somewhere on the forums, if you’d like). I look back on it now and then I look at this track released today, and this shows how far along I’ve gotten with my charting.

 

The genres I most enjoy are Indie Rock, New Wave (Synthpop), Classic Rock, and some Jazz (think Steely Dan, Brian Setzer, or Norah Jones) AND DON’T FORGET WEIRD AL YANKOVIC! (I was one of the masterminds behind that ginormous pack ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” /> ). I also tend to enjoy female singers over male singers. It’s just something about the sound that I really enjoy. Oh, and I love Canadian artists (except the Biebs and Nickelback, sorry fans of these artists ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_cheeky.001.gif” />) because I’m Canadian too!

 

When I author songs, I usually go for the drums or vocals first (after the tempo map of course!). I feel I’m better at charting them over guitar and bass. I usually play Rock Band by myself, except for every Christmas Eve when I have the family over and we play all night! But I still enjoy playing them by myself.

 

One more thing you should know. I’m a gigantic gamer and am very sarcastic, so please don’t take things seriously from me if I seem to have a silly comment every once in a while! ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” /> See you in 2014 when I attempt to release more quality Rock Band songs! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

[DVDSmith]

Here you go, let me know if this is too long.

 

Hello customs fans! My name is DVDSmith and I am the C3 authors’ resident Scotsman and resident Bon Jovi/Sonic fan. I’ve been playing video games since 1993, when I was given a Mega Drive with Sonic the Hedgehog for my fifth birthday. Twenty years later, I still have the Mega Drive, along with many many other consoles and games, and my obsession with the Blue Blur is as great as ever.

 

Ever since I was shown Guitar Hero II at a party back in 2006, I’ve been hooked on rhythm games. As someone who was fast becoming a huuuge fan of classic rock music (and who’d just been to their first ever rock concert that year – Bon Jovi at Hampden Park in Glasgow), it seemed like the greatest game ever, and the perfect merger of my two favourite things in life. Then Rock Band came along and I fell in love with the drums and it soon became my favourite instrument, although I still dabble in the rest from time to time.

 

Customs-wise, my first customs were for Guitar Hero II on PS2 back in 2008 (

if you want a laugh), but when full-band games came along I fell out of the customs game, just happily enjoying the weekly DLC and working my way through university. Now with DLC (and university) over, I’m back in the game. My first two customs were both Sonic the Hedgehog tracks for the Blue Blur’s 22nd anniversary, and then I collaborated with ws54 on August’s Shinedown 4-pack. I was also, perhaps unsurprisingly, the one who pitched the idea for (and contributed two tracks to) last month’s Music of Scotland pack. I hold regular Rock Band parties and C3’s customs have gone down a storm with my friends, with America Fuck Yeah, 500 Miles and Sweet Child o Mine being major singalong fodder. ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_biggrin.gif” />

 

So what can you expect from me? Well, my 12 Days custom is hopefully a sign of things to come. Bon Jovi are far and away my favourite band, and while I am grateful that Harmonix gave us 12 of their songs as RB3 DLC, there are so many more songs by them that I would love to see in Rock Band. And to start things off, here’s what was probably the biggest track missing from Harmonix’s 12-pack – “Always”, their best-selling single and a fan favourite. I hope you enjoy. And who knows, we might see some more Sonic the Hedgehog at some point too. Can’t get enough of that Crush 40. ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />

 

So Merry Christmas, enjoy Always, and here’s to a happy and custom-heavy 2014!

[AddyMills]

I’m by no means a Literature student. But here’s my blurb talking about my song and a little about my authoring past (hope it’s alright):

 

Alright, here we are at the 2nd day of revealing our 12 song megapack. And today’s song would be mine. I chose Hey Baby with the thought that everyone should have some party songs in their library. I host Rock Band parties from time to time, and while rock, metal, prog, etc. is all great, sometimes we’d like to wind down with some recent Top 40 hits. Which is how Hey Baby came to be. It has always been a sort of guilty pleasure of mine, and I thought it would fit pretty well with Rock Band 3 due to the song’s excessive harmonies.

 

As for my history with Rock Band, it goes all the way back to Guitar Hero 2. I, like many other people, joined ScoreHero to attempt to make customs. Needless to say, back then I wasn’t very good, since I had no knowledge of what a tempo map was even. But I wanted to learn how to do this, so after a long time I eventually was able to join ThatAuthoringGroup for the Rock Band Network. While I was over there I actually learned a lot to become the author I am now (including tempo mapping! ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_cheeky.001.gif” />). In my time over there, I would have to say my greatest achievement was Farewell, Mona Lisa on drums. Dillinger Escape Plan was by no means easy to author to.

 

Anyway, I hope when the pack gets released you will enjoy this song. I feel it is a nice contrast to the other songs coming up.

[DeathThreatUK]

Well, hello all! As you can see, I’ve stuck to my usual forte of metal with my gift. Metal is, after all, my most beloved genre (as my debuting with a full album probably indicated) and from the start I’ve wanted to put more focus on bands that have either had little exposure on the game, or haven’t even been brought into the fold at all.

 

Before C3, I had never released any stuff to anyone, as I was completely unaware of how to make customs work as it was. So making instrument charts was less of a gameplay thing and more of a pastime, doing what-if charts of many songs I loved. Upon discovering C3 and being accepted into the group of madmen known as the authors, I immediately went after completing the one thing I wanted in the game more than anything: Psalm 69. And the rest is, well, a very short history, but history nonetheless.

 

As for preferences, I play the guitar mostly, due to owning a proper one as well as not being able to get the drumkit in my room. (which makes it more irritating to use casually) Guitar is also usually the first instrument I chart (with drums a close second) with vocals always coming last due to my particular issues with charting them.

 

Favourite songs on Rock Band? Well it’s tough to select particulars, but obviously Ministry’s Jesus Built My Hotrod is one, with KMFDM’s A Drug Against War coming in as well. There’s also plenty of others that are frequently chosen on setlists, like The Cure’s Just Like Heaven, Megadeth’s Rust In Peace, and that’s just off the top of my head.

 

So that’s me in a nutshell. I like a lot more than just heavy and fast stuff (as you might see soon enough) but for now I prefer to put a focus on it, and give it more variety.

 

And as for what else you can expect from me, one band I’m looking forward to working on has never been in a rhythm game of any kind. Hell, the last time I saw them in a game it was 2004…

 

…But that’s for next year. Happy Christmas!

[Nyxyxylyth]

I never played Guitar Hero. When I heard they made a new game with a whole band, I ran out and got an Xbox. And I sang. A bit too easy, maybe, but glorious. Then RBN came out, and I went nuts with authoring and playtesting hundreds of songs. Got a swell tattoo on my arm. Once the kidz figured out how to hack Xbox sticks, I started making customs.

 

I still play every Friday night with the same crew from launch day. We’ll keep rocking until the last spare MIDI pro adapter dies.

 

Harmonies is my thing, and it’s hard to get better than these fine ladies. Happy holidays!

[TrojanNemo]

Damn it, now mine seems bigger than everyone else’s Feel free to edit if necessary.

 

I have to go first?! Why? I’m really bad at this. Is this thing on? Check. Check. Alright. Let’s do this.

 

Hi, I’m TrojanNemo. Unlike most of you, my first rhythm games were GH Warriors of Rock and Rock Band 3. So prior to late 2010, I didn’t know what GH/RB was…at all! Needless to say life was never the same after I picked up my first plastic guitar. In a similar way, I didn’t know about customs until Harmonix decided they were going to kill them. So the day TU5 was released, was the first day I learned that customs were a thing…and my life changed again. I found the GHtoRB3 team and was so impressed with the quality of their work and dedication that I decided to try to convert some songs too. The GHtoRB3 team helped me learn the ropes and on December 2011 my first songs were released (GH WoR’s Rocky Horror Picture Show pack) and the rest is history. Even though this is about me, I want to take a couple of lines to thank the GHtoRB3 team for all they did. In my eyes they were the real trailblazers of quality customs and without whom I know, 100%, I would not have been involved in customs and consequently, would not have been a part of C3!

 

If you’ve followed my releases since the old days back on Xbox360ISO you probably noticed my “musical tastes†are all over the place. I don’t have any one band I’m obsessive about, I like a little bit of everything and I think my customs reflect that. I have to say that one of the best things about Rock Band’s impact in my life is how it opened my eyes to worlds of music I didn’t know even existed and now truly enjoy. But I suspect that’s the same for most of us here. With that in mind, I chose this song as my present to you because 1) it’s Queen 2) it’s extremely fun on all instruments 3) it’s got a great message and 4) it’s Queen! Even if you haven’t heard it, give it a try. You will love it. And if you’re a guitar player, I got three words for you: Spanish Guitar solo!

 

This is also a bittersweet moment for me. This is not only the song I picked to gift you for Christmas, but this will also be the last song I ever author. As some of you may already know, my time at C3 is coming to a close. For the last few months I had an abundance of free time, and I tried my best to dedicate most of it to helping C3 become what it is today. Unfortunately, life moves on and a new chapter in my life begins next year that will prevent me from being involved in the community. I will be around for the remainder of December and maybe the first couple of weeks of January, but by February I’ll be gone and most likely will not return. This is a sad moment because, well, I’ve been here since the start and this has definitely been my dearest project to date. But it’s also a happy moment, because I leave a community that a few months ago was fragmented and barely hanging on, as what I consider to be the strongest presence in customs ever, with nearly 600 songs in our database, over 500 forum members, a group of extremely talented authors and very dedicated team of admins who I know will keep C3 rocking well after I’m gone. I hope that my contributions will make a difference, however small, in keeping this great community alive. Happy Holidays!

[Gigakoops]

Since editing is disabled, the below “quote” is an edit of my original blurb. It has a tiny something about the track in question.

 

Today’s track is about as deep a cut as it’s gonna get in this pack. While I could have done one of Tool’s bigger songs, most are already available elsewhere, and I wanted to do a whole new song for this pack. It is also this author’s opinion that this song is one of their best, since it has such raw energy and driving force behind it.

 

As the presenter of today’s announced track, I feel it’s best that I let you guys get to know me a little bit. I am a fan of progressive rock, metal, and any experimental music, as well as electronic. So far I’ve released a few metalcore songs from Enter Shikari and iwrestledabearonce, as well as a few other songs in different genres, ranging from “Monster Mash” to “Bagger 288!” to name a few. Prior to C3, I worked both solo and with other authors in the RBN. I worked on the venue and practice sections on a few songs from TAG, including “Impulse” by An Endless Sporadic and the ridiculously titled “Let the Blood Spill Between My Broken Teeth” by Benighted, as well as the bass charts to “I Like Trains” by Lil’ Deuce Deuce and “Make the Sauce” by Vegan Black Metal Chef. I’ve also released a few songs I wrote myself, though back then my music seemed to be focused less on actually sounding decent and more on cramming as many notes in a measure as possible.

 

When I author songs, my favorite part would have to be guitar/bass, since those are the instruments I tend to play the most on Rock Band, and therefore have the most connection with. My least favorite would have to be the drums, simply because for me it’s too easy to mistake so many different sounds for something they are not. My overall personal policy for authoring is that realism in terms of notes matching up being the most important part, but the charts should also be as fun as they can be.

 

My personal favorite songs on Rock Band would have to be the overly-long epics, namely “2112” by Rush and “Veil of Illumination” by Andromeda. There’s just something to jamming out to a lengthy prog epic on Rock Band, especially if said songs are a fun challenge (at least it’s fun on guitar. Veil of Illumination Pt. 2 on keys would probably not be most people’s definition of “fun”). I tend to play with Xbox Live friends and fellow C3 authors whenever they’re up for it, and I also take my game to social outings among friends.

 

Thanks for letting me take the time to introduce myself a little better. Look forward to a lot of stuff from me in 2014, including some very well-known songs and even more stuff as obscure as Unicron (there’s people who enjoy the obscure shit, right? RIGHT?!).

[espher]

I initially got into the rhythm gaming scene not too long after Guitar Hero II hit stores. I was up at my local hobby shop playing some Magic: the Gathering and, towards the end of the night, decided to impulse-buy a copy of GH2 that they had just gotten in. I got home, set it up, starting playing, and looked at the clock again just as the sun was coming up. I’ve been hooked ever since. I was active on the RB forums before launch (you may remember me from the RB-style broken drum stick instrument icon avatar or the E3 bingo card), though when the game hit I mostly drifted away from the community aside from the odd post on ScoreHero. Though I ran a number of “Rock Band parties/events”, I started to drift away from it a bit after the release of Rock Band 3 until a little birdie introduced me to custom songs by way of the Beatles export and, most importantly, GHtoRB3 — without those guys, I would never be here (and I may not be the only one). I moved quickly from playing to ‘fixing’ to eventually ‘charting’, and here we are.

 

By the time this pack is released, I will have been involved in the RB customs scene for two years. The first draft of my first custom track, Martin Solveig’s “Hello” (ft. Dragonette — obligatory Canadian self-acknowledgement) dropped on 12/27/11, and here I am two years later, dropping another one of my favourite tracks of the past five years. Obviously, my involvement in the community here is not as strong as I had initially hoped it to be. As one of the folks approached at the dawn of C3’s creation, I was extremely eager to get involved and make this thing a reality, but shortly after launch, the reality of the timeline of RB:HP set in (expected end date is two years after the release of this pack, for anyone counting at home), and I decided to cut my losses and double-down hard on completing that project. Nevertheless, I feel I still owe a lot to this community and everyone involved, and I like to contribute and participate in whatever ways I can — we’re all doing it to keep a game we all love active and alive until the masterminds behind it revive it, and I don’t think we can really tell you just how much it means to us to know you’re all enjoying it as much as we are.

 

When the concept was pitched, I was originally uncertain as to what sort of track to pick for it. We have an excellent (and very diverse) selection of oft-requested artists and tracks (as you’ve seen and will continue to see), and I felt it was important to continue the trend. Reviewing the requests I have received in my two years charting, as well as considering the portfolio selected, I decided to release Adele’s “Someone Like You”. Of the songs I have charted in the past, Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” was far and away my most well received in the custom community, so on some level, it felt natural for me to release the next single chronologically from her discography. In addition, I always felt that charts placing an emphasis on vocals and keys are often times in short supply or maligned in the catalogue of official and unofficial Rock Band tracks, and it felt good to add another song that fills the void. Finally, it’s a song that I personally received a lot of requests for (after “Rolling”), and it’s one of my favourites, so it seemed like a no brainer to pick a track that could easily tick off so many of the boxes.

 

As my comrade in arms pksage mentioned, we’re all ecstatic that we’ve been able to provide content to you for as long as we’ve been able to, and, for the record, we show no signs of stopping. Here’s looking forward to a smashing 2014, and I wish you and yours a happy (hopefully Rock Band-filled) holiday season.

[jaychuck]

Hi, I’m jaychuck. I like Rock Band. When I’m not on that, I like to write online as a freelancer. I have a website called Common Reactor that I update every once in a while with either original or linked content (mostly reviews) about the current state of independent music.

 

I’m new to the C3 team, so I haven’t had as long of a time as others to release many custom content. My only previous track is Substitution by Silversun Pickups. My future content will try to represent a sect of Rock Band players that, like me, generally like the indie music scene (spanning genres such as indie rock, alternative, new wave, punk, pop, electronica, hip hop, dance rock, indie folk, etc.), though both past and present influences are open game. If you follow current music culture or organizations from either print or online like Pitchfork or Rolling Stone, you’ll get a sense of the music I listen to. If you really want a better idea of what I listen to and may look to chart in the future, check out my last.fm account.

 

As for the song for today’s 12 Days, I thought Royals by Lorde would be a great fit. We were essentially told to pick big songs for this project and I don’t think there was a bigger pop phenomenon this year than Royals. It’s a song that really changed the perception of what a Top 40 song of this generation could sound like: minimalist atmosphere, hip hop influences, and realistic worldviews all from a 16-year-old New Zealander. The triple harmony vocals alone make for a fun time in the game, but drummers will be surprised how tricky the patterns can be here too. Hopefully this will be a great fit to your RB library. Enjoy, everybody.

[Septekka]

I wouldn’t be surprised if you were already planning how you were going to make fun of me, but now I’ve come to save myself with my last-minute blurb! I’m not very good at blurbing.

 

Hi everyone, I’m BearzUnlimited, if you couldn’t already tell from the images and other mentionings of my name that are right above this! For this pack, I’ve charted a song from a band that was woefully underrepresented in Rock Band. They’re still pretty underrepresented, but now we have one of their greatest songs.

 

Now with 3 songs released here, I’m still pretty new to C3. You can expect to see a lot more from me in the future! When it comes to genre preference, I enjoy many different styles of rock, metal, and electronic music. However, I’m most fond of progressive and alternative rock, so my charts will likely be focused on those genres.

 

Before joining C3, my first chart was a song that I didn’t realize was already on Guitar Hero until I was well into charting it. After a couple initial failures, I started getting a hang of the process. Later, I started posting my charts for others to download. You can find a few of my older charts in the Other Customs section of our forums (though one of them is due for some “improvementâ€).

 

I was introduced to rhythm games with the first Rock Band, which I picked up in 2008. I started out playing drums, which inspired me to play on an actual drum set. Today, drums is still my favorite instruments both to play and chart, but I also frequently play guitar and bass. While I don’t play vocals much, I’ve still gotten familiar with charting them, but it usually takes me the most time. The others say I’m crazy because I add in lyrics one by one instead of importing from a text file. Meanwhile, after 3 years of owning the instrument I’m finally attempting to learn to play Keys.

 

My favorite Rock Band moment was doing the Endless Setlist 2 in Rock Band 2. I played expert guitar and went for the Bladder of Steel achievement. I didn’t think much of batteries, but luckily they never ran out. Also luckily, I managed to button/strum bar mash my way through Visions without failing. Does it still count as getting it legitimately if I took a bathroom break during Let There Be Rock?

 

Anyway, hope you enjoy my song as well as the rest of the pack. I look forward to bringing many more songs to C3 in 2014! Have a happy holidays!

[Kalecgos]

Happy holidays everyone, my name is Kalecgos and I’m going to tell you a little story about GHtoRB3 (a team consisting of toops, titiln and myself; we convert Guitar Hero songs to RB3 and do a custom every now and then).

 

It all began back in January 2009 when I got Guitar Hero World Tour. I fell in love with the drums and started learning to play them soon after. Around GH5’s release I tried researching customs. I thought the import features of both games were great and I was tired of switching discs. At this point I actually planned on getting the Rock Band songs into Guitar Hero, because Guitar Hero had an extra drum lane. Pretty ironic that GHtoRB3 started out as RBtoGH ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_cheeky.001.gif” />

 

Technical limitations and the arrival of Rock Band 3 soon turned this project in the right direction. I gathered as much information as I could from many different places on the internet and began to convert Metallica’s Death Magnetic album to RB3.

In June 2011 I released those songs and got positive feedback from a lot of people. I teamed up with Toops and Titiln and GHtoRB3 was born.

We started working on converting GHWT straight away and set high goals, but we only knew the basics. Every few days/weeks someone would mention a cool feature our songs were still missing. A venue. Lip sync. The Xbox 360 multitracks. Album art. Time after time we went back to redo finished songs and improve their quality.

 

During those first weeks, album art wasn’t a common feature yet. As far as I can tell there wasn’t even a way to do proper custom album art. But luckily we already had a computer wizard (chrislive08) who started working on that. I think he was the first one to figure out how to do it.

That wasn’t his only amazing accomplishment though, we also worked together to make GHWT DLC conversions possible. Those charts had been extracted before us, but vocals (and some other stuff) was missing.

 

Months passed in the blink of an eye as we kept releasing songs. Mid 2012 toops and titiln went back to re-release our previous works with added Keys, Harmonies and additionall fixes.

Then in April 2013 the Rapture event took place. With the advent of C³, the customs scene was changed forever.

 

There’s probably only a handful of people who know how much work authoring custom songs (and conversions) was “back in the day”. For those interested you can have a look at part of the process: https://sites.google.com/site/mahoppiangoon/customrbdlc

The tools that trojannemo made available are amazing timesavers and C³ is a wonderful community where authors collaborate and new guys can learn the trade.

 

Anyway, our song is “Some nights†by Fun.

Didn’t manage to come with more info about our song yet, but I hope the other stuff is acceptable.

[Author]

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